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• Iran: An imperfect Nuclear Deal Better Than None At All? – Analysis
• IEA Hails Launch Of Canada’s Carbon Capture And Storage Project
• Transcript Of Interview Of General Allen With Elise Labott Of CNN
• Pakistani Navy Thwarts Major Terror Plan By Al-Qaeda
• Remarks By President Obama And Prime Minister Netanyahu Before Bilateral Meeting
• Modi And Obama’s War – Analysis
• Switzerland: A Third Of Babies Born To Foreign Mothers
• Catholic School Athletics And Sexuality – OpEd
• The World’s 10 Biggest Energy Gluttons – Analysis
• What If ‘Islamic State’ Didn’t Exist? – OpEd
• Moscow Activates S400 Air Defense System On Southern Frontier
• Iran, Russia To Use National Currencies In Bilateral Trade
• ‘Fat Finger’ Error Worth $617 Billion Strikes Tokyo Stock Market
• Half Of The World’s Elderly Have No Pension
• Power Can Corrupt Even The Honest
• Guatemala: Spanish Embassy Massacre, A Historical Trial 34 Years Later
• Finnish Researchers Developing Digital Maternity Package
• Chile: Who Was Behind The Bombings?
• Hagel Authorizes 700 Soldiers For Liberia ‘Ebola’ Deployment
• Fat Chats: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Comments
• Hagel, Chinese Foreign Minister Meet At Pentagon
• Fibromyalgia And Role Of Brain Connectivity In Pain Inhibition
• New Molecule Could Fight Oxidative Stress, Lead To Therapies For Cancer, Alzheimer’s And Parkinson’s Disease
• Abkhaz Leader Appoints New PM
• Call For Russia To Drop New Media Law

Iran: An imperfect Nuclear Deal Better Than None At All? – Analysis Posted: 01 Oct 2014 06:31 PM PDT By Ruhee Neog In the desperate scramble for a conclusive nuclear agreement, would an imperfect deal with Iran be better than no deal at all? An imperfect deal would imply a trade-off between political negotiations and technical verification, especially in the context of Iran’s so-called possible military dimensions (PMD). In this, how important is it […] The post Iran: An imperfect Nuclear Deal Better Than None At All? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

IEA Hails Launch Of Canada’s Carbon Capture And Storage Project Posted: 01 Oct 2014 06:28 PM PDT The International Energy Agency (IEA) today welcomed the launch of the world’s first large-scale power station equipped with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, calling it a historic milestone along the road to a low-carbon energy future. The 110MW retrofit of SaskPower’s Boundary Dam coal-fired power plant in Saskatchewan, Canada will trap around 1 million […] The post IEA Hails Launch Of Canada’s Carbon Capture And Storage Project appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Transcript Of Interview Of General Allen With Elise Labott Of CNN Posted: 01 Oct 2014 06:25 PM PDT Interview of General John Allen, Special Presidential Envoy for the Global Coalition to Counter the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant with Elise Labott of CNN, as released by the US State Department. QUESTION: General Allen, thank you so much for joining CNN. You’ve been appointed as the envoy to this anti-ISIS global coalition. […] The post Transcript Of Interview Of General Allen With Elise Labott Of CNN appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Pakistani Navy Thwarts Major Terror Plan By Al-Qaeda Posted: 01 Oct 2014 06:22 PM PDT By Javed Mahmood Pakistani naval seamen September 6 thwarted a terrorist plot to hijack a warship from the Karachi Dockyard, according to officials. Terrorists attempted to take over the frigate, the PNS Zulfiqar, early in the morning right before the nation celebrated Defence Day, naval spokesman Lt.-Commander S. M. Kamran told Central Asia Online. “[Ten] […] The post Pakistani Navy Thwarts Major Terror Plan By Al-Qaeda appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Remarks By President Obama And Prime Minister Netanyahu Before Bilateral Meeting Posted: 01 Oct 2014 06:19 PM PDT PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, it’s good once again to welcome the Prime Minister of Israel, Bibi Netanyahu. Obviously, he’s no stranger to the White House. I think I’ve met with Bibi more than any world leader during my tenure as President. We meet at a challenging time. Israel is obviously in a very turbulent neighborhood, and […] The post Remarks By President Obama And Prime Minister Netanyahu Before Bilateral Meeting appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Modi And Obama’s War – Analysis Posted: 01 Oct 2014 06:12 PM PDT By C. Raja Mohan Will he or won’t he? As Prime Minister Narendra Modi wraps up his visit to the United States in Washington, there has been much speculation on whether New Delhi might join President Barack Obama’s renewed war on terror in the Middle East, this time focused on the Islamic State (IS). All […] The post Modi And Obama’s War – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Switzerland: A Third Of Babies Born To Foreign Mothers Posted: 01 Oct 2014 06:03 PM PDT More than one baby in three was born to a foreign mother in Switzerland last year, double the rate in 1990, the Swiss Statistical Office revealed on Tuesday. The office said one reason for this increase – from 19.6% to 38.7% – is the fact that proportionally there are more foreign women of child-bearing age […] The post Switzerland: A Third Of Babies Born To Foreign Mothers appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Catholic School Athletics And Sexuality – OpEd Posted: 01 Oct 2014 06:01 PM PDT The divide between Catholic sexual ethics and secular sexual ethics is being played out in Pennsylvania and Minnesota in a dramatic way. The New York Times reports today that the Diocese of Harrisburg has adopted a policy barring boys on high school wrestling teams from competing with girls from other schools; girls in Catholic schools […] The post Catholic School Athletics And Sexuality – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

The World’s 10 Biggest Energy Gluttons – Analysis Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:55 PM PDT By Andrew Topf Next time you get into your car and drive to the supermarket, think about how much energy you consume on an annual basis. It is widely assumed that Westerners are some of the world’s worst energy pigs. While Americans make up just 5 percent of the global population, they use 20 percent […] The post The World’s 10 Biggest Energy Gluttons – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

What If ‘Islamic State’ Didn’t Exist? – OpEd Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:47 PM PDT What if the so-called Islamic State (IS) didn’t exist? In order to answer this question, one has to liberate the argument from its geopolitical and ideological confines. Flexible language Many in the media (Western, Arab, etc) use the reference “Islamist” to brand any movement at all whether it be political, militant or even charity-focused. If […] The post What If ‘Islamic State’ Didn’t Exist? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Moscow Activates S400 Air Defense System On Southern Frontier Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:43 PM PDT Just a month after announcing plans to deploy its newest S-500 air defense systems to protect Moscow and central regions, Xinhua reports that Russia has activated an air defense regiment armed with advanced S-400 surface-to-air missile systems in the Southern Military District to guard its southern frontiers. Furthermore, a spokesperson for Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces, […] The post Moscow Activates S400 Air Defense System On Southern Frontier appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Iran, Russia To Use National Currencies In Bilateral Trade Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:35 PM PDT By Milad Fashtami Head of Iran-Russia Joint Chamber of Commerce Asadollah Asgaroladi said that the chamber is studying a plan to replace the two country’s national currencies – rial and ruble – for their bilateral trades. “A Russian bank is supposed to establish a branch in Tehran, transfering the money to businesspersons at the exchange […] The post Iran, Russia To Use National Currencies In Bilateral Trade appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

‘Fat Finger’ Error Worth $617 Billion Strikes Tokyo Stock Market Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:34 PM PDT Share orders worth several billions of dollars were cancelled in Japan due to a trading error. At 9:25 am local time, orders for shares in 42 companies totalling 67.78tn yen ($617bn, £380bn, €488bn) were cancelled, according to data compiled by Bloomberg from the Japan Securities Dealers Association. The stock orders amount to more than the […] The post ‘Fat Finger’ Error Worth $617 Billion Strikes Tokyo Stock Market appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Half Of The World’s Elderly Have No Pension Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:32 PM PDT Only 48% of people over retirement age worldwide receive a pension, while for many of the 52% who do receive it coverage tends to be inadequate, the International Labour Organization (ILO) in a report looking at pension systems in 178 countries. The study indicates that in these countries the elderly “have no right to retire […] The post Half Of The World’s Elderly Have No Pension appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Power Can Corrupt Even The Honest Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:30 PM PDT When appointing a new leader, selectors base their choice on several factors and typically look for leaders with desirable characteristics such as honesty and trustworthiness. However once leaders are in power, can we trust them to exercise it in a prosocial manner? New research published in The Leadership Quarterly looked to discover whether power corrupts […] The post Power Can Corrupt Even The Honest appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Guatemala: Spanish Embassy Massacre, A Historical Trial 34 Years Later Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:28 PM PDT “There were 37 people who bured alive… and although they are not with us today, they are in our memories and voice”, said the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and indigenous rights advocate Rigoberta Menchú Tum, crying ahead of the opening of the historical trial for the massacre by security forces of 37 people in a […] The post Guatemala: Spanish Embassy Massacre, A Historical Trial 34 Years Later appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Finnish Researchers Developing Digital Maternity Package Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:25 PM PDT Every Finnish expectant mother can choose to receive a free of charge maternity package containing baby clothes and other useful items. VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is currently developing a digital maternity package with the purpose of gathering reliable health information provided by various smart devices, electronic services, and guides into a single user […] The post Finnish Researchers Developing Digital Maternity Package appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Chile: Who Was Behind The Bombings? Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:23 PM PDT By Arnaldo Pérez Guerra A bomb in Santiago that wounded 14 people has lead President Michelle Bachelet to call for the use of the dictatorship-era Anti-terrorism Act, despite declaring during her campaign that she wouldn’t use the law as she had in her previous term (2006-2010), and that it would be modified to comply with […] The post Chile: Who Was Behind The Bombings? appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Hagel Authorizes 700 Soldiers For Liberia ‘Ebola’ Deployment Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:18 PM PDT By Cheryl Pellerin Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has authorized the deployment of 700 soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division headquarters element to Liberia to help with the Ebola epidemic there, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said yesterday. The soldiers will deploy in late October, Kirby told reporters during a briefing, and they […] The post Hagel Authorizes 700 Soldiers For Liberia ‘Ebola’ Deployment appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Fat Chats: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Comments Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:13 PM PDT Cyberbullying and hurtful “fat jokes” are disturbingly prevalent in the social media environment, especially on Twitter, says Wen-ying Sylvia Chou of the National Institutes of Health in the US. Chou is lead author of a study in Springer’s journal Translational Behavioral Medicine which analyzed well over a million social media posts and comments about weight […] The post Fat Chats: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly Comments appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Hagel, Chinese Foreign Minister Meet At Pentagon Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:11 PM PDT Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met today with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Pentagon. Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby issued a statement afterward saying the two discussed the importance of developing the U.S.-China military-to-military relationship and reaffirmed mutual interest in strengthening cooperation on regional and global challenges, including the threat […] The post Hagel, Chinese Foreign Minister Meet At Pentagon appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Fibromyalgia And Role Of Brain Connectivity In Pain Inhibition Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:10 PM PDT The cause of fibromyalgia, a chronic pain syndrome is not known. However, the results of a new study that compares brain activity in individuals with and without fibromyalgia indicate that decreased connectivity between pain-related and sensorimotor brain areas could contribute to deficient pain regulation in fibromyalgia, according to an article published in Brain Connectivity, a […] The post Fibromyalgia And Role Of Brain Connectivity In Pain Inhibition appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

New Molecule Could Fight Oxidative Stress, Lead To Therapies For Cancer, Alzheimer’s And Parkinson’s Disease Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:08 PM PDT Breathing oxygen helps the body create energy for its cells. As a result of the breathing process, reactive molecules called “free radicals” are produced that often cause damage to proteins and genes found in cells. This damage is known as oxidative stress. Free radicals also have been linked to cancer, Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease. Now, […] The post New Molecule Could Fight Oxidative Stress, Lead To Therapies For Cancer, Alzheimer’s And Parkinson’s Disease appeared first on... To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Abkhaz Leader Appoints New PM Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:06 PM PDT (Civil.Ge) — Abkhaz leader, Raul Khajimba, who took office last week, appointed on September 29 Beslan Butba as new prime minister of the breakaway region, Abkhaz news agency, Apsnipress, reported. Butba, 54, a businessman, who is a founder and leader of Party of the Economic Development of Abkhazia, owns breakaway region’s only private television, Abaza […] The post Abkhaz Leader Appoints New PM appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.

Call For Russia To Drop New Media Law Posted: 01 Oct 2014 05:04 PM PDT The Russian parliament should drop a set of amendments to the media law that severely undermine media freedom and media pluralism. The amendments, which aim to restrict foreign involvement in Russian media, were introduced in the State Duma, the lower chamber of the parliament, on September 17, 2014. On September 26 the Duma adopted the […] The post Call For Russia To Drop New Media Law appeared first on Eurasia Review. To continue reading this article, click on the headline.